Children’s Book Week Celebrations 2024

Children’s Book Week celebrations are always a highlight at St Norbert College and this year was no exception.  The theme for this year’s Children’s Book Week was ‘Reading is Magic’. Several Book Week activities and competitions were held in the library and enjoyed by many, but as always, the COSPLAY Parade on Tuesday the 20th of August was a standout. Students from Year 12, and some staff, dressed up as their favourite storybook characters and paraded themselves through the Father Peter O’Reilly Centre to much applause and appreciation from the whole school. It seemed that many of the characters that we have grown to love and cherish had literally stepped out of their books and into our assembly.

We were so proud of the Year 12 students for their outstanding participation and incredible efforts. We saw everything from Disney, Winnie the Pooh, Toy Story, Scooby Doo, Sesame Street and Ratatouille to Anime, The Heathers, Men in Black, Manga, One Piece and Marvel. Such a massive array of variety and so beautifully done. Many of the Year 12s even cleverly devised ‘group themes’, so we decided to award this as an extra special category this year. Well done Year 12s. 

Several staff members also joined in on the ‘Reading is Magic’ spirit with Harry Potter characters being the most favourite choice as was Alice in Wonderland, Mr Men, Superman, Little Red Riding Hood, Odin Allfather and Lady Bridgerton. A select group of Year 12 students voted for the best dressed staff as listed below.

Staff Awards for COSPLAY:

The following staff received awards for their very creative costumes at our COSPLAY parade.

• Best Dressed Male Staff: Mr Jonathon Levy (Math) as Odin Allfather
• Best Dressed Female Staff: Mrs Samantha Marks (Technologies) as Lady Agatha Danbury from Lady Bridgerton
• Best Dressed Department: A tie between English and The Arts

Congratulations to the following students who received awards for their awe-inspiring costumes at our COSPLAY Parade on Tuesday 2oth August. It was a very hard task to pick the winners as all students were worthy of having exceptionally authentic and innovative dress-ups and themes.

Student Awards for COSPLAY:

• Most Authentic Male Book Character: Joshua Soy as Naruto, with honourable mentions going to Mekhi Rangitoheriri as the Joker and Ashton Ricafranca as Roronoa Zoro (One Piece).
• Most Authentic Female Book Character: Chelsea Inocencio as Madoka Kaname with an honourable mention to Rainielle Micosa as Kiki's Delivery Service.
• Most Creative: Shayden Slattery as Beetlejuice as well as Lily Poolman and Ludia Majiwa as Ratatouille.
• Best Group Effort: Claudia Valentino, Cadence Smythe, Sarah Abood and Grace Edmonds as Alice in Wonderland.

Student winners of the activities and competitions held in the library throughout Book Week will be announced in the Seqta Daily Notices as these are still running. 

Thankyou staff, students and parents, for making our 2024 Book Week celebrations a resounding success and one that will always be fondly remembered and cherished.

Mrs M Byfield & the Library Team

(Learning Hub Coordinator)